Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders is Professor of Christian Ethics at the Howard University School of Divinity and Senior Pastor of the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C. She serves the Church of God as a member of the Ministries Council and as Vice-Presiding Elder of the National Association of the Church of God based in West Middlesex, PA.

Her many publications include several books: Ministry at the Margins; Saints in Exile; Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People; and an edited volume, Living the Intersection. She is a graduate of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, has a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Swarthmore College, and she holds two degrees, Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology, from Harvard Divinity School.

She is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics, and served two terms as President of the American Theological Society. She is a former board member of the Association of Theological Schools, and serves on the ATS Council on Theological Scholarship and Research. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements, a book series published by Penn State University Press.

She is married to Dr. Alan Carswell, and together they are parents of two adult children, Allison and Garrett.